Prescription Drug Tour - March

Claire and her mother Betty Anne McCaskill traveled across Missouri to talk with seniors about the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Their tour included stops in Hannibal, Kirksville, St. Joseph, Chillicothe, Columbia, Joplin, Springfield and Cape Girardeau.

March 02, 2006

Betty Anne speaks at the Cape Girardeau Public Library.	Claire listens to voters' concerns after the Cape Girardeau event.	Betty Anne talks with a man at the Columbia Area Senior Center.
In Columbia, Claire reviews a woman's Medicare Part D information and offers her some advice on who she should call.	In Joplin, Claire was introduced by Cobb Young, the son of the late Robert Ellis Young, a longtime Republican state representative who served with Claire in the Missouri House.	Claire shakes hands with a voter after the event at the Joplin Public Library.
Claire shakes hands with a woman after the Joplin event.	Claire talks to the audience at Springfield's Southwest Center for Independent Living.

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March 01, 2006

Betty Anne at Livingston County Multipurpose Senior Center in Chillicothe.
Claire talks with one attendee after the event in Chillicothe.	Claire hears about the confusion caused by the Medicare prescription drug progam from a voter at the Hannibal Nutrition Center.	Betty Anne shares her difficulties with the prescription drug program at the St. Andrews Apartments in Kirksville.
Claire called for extending the deadline for seniors to sign up for the Medicare Part D Program.	A woman at St. Joseph's East Hills Public Library expresses her deep concern about the program and its insufficiencies.	Claire talks with a man following the event in St. Joseph.